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The Pentateuch - A Social-Science Commentary (Paperback, 3rd edition)
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The Pentateuch - A Social-Science Commentary (Paperback, 3rd edition)
Series: T&T Clark Cornerstones
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In this magisterial overview of the Pentateuch John Van Seters
reviews the various historical-critical attempts to read it that
arise from notions about the social evolution of Israel's religion
and culture. Is the Pentateuch an accumulation of folk traditions,
a work of ancient historiography, a document legitimizing religious
reform? In dialogue with competing views, Van Seters advocates a
compositional model that recognizes the social and historical
diversity of the literary strata. Van Seters argues that a
proto-Pentateuchal author created a comprehensive history from
Genesis to Numbers that was written as a prologue to the
Deuteronomistic History (Deuteronomy to 2 Kings) in the exilic
period and later expanded by a Priestly writer to make it the
foundational document of the Jerusalem temple community. This
social-science commentary on the Pentateuch is renowned as one of
the most influential volumes on this group of texts. For the new
edition Van Seters has revised several sections of the text,
updating and integrating new bibliographical items, and refining
the text where necessary. A reflective preface summarizes these
changes and developments for the reader's convenience.
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